Last week a gas station in Germany accidentally sold gas for next to nothing. Long queues formed, with many customers leaving their beds to get the cheap gas.
A computer error led to the cheap prices. The computer was supposed to increase the price of gas by three cents (NT$1.4) a liter. Instead, its mistake led to customers being charged three cents per liter. Gas prices in Germany are around 1.40 euros (NT$67) a liter.
Erwin Bald, the owner of the gas station in Iserlohn, was not happy.
"Human error was not to blame," Bald said.
"The computer simply misunderstood the instructions keyed in."
News of the cheap gas spread quickly. The error, which occurred late in the evening, cost the owner around 10,000 euros (NT$478,000).
The gas station was closed with the help of the local police after more than five hours.
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